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Josselin P wrote a new post, Bedbugs, Pig Heads, and Chaos: France Under Russian Siege

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:58:43 +0000

If you lived in France in late 2023, it was almost impossible to miss the headlines about the supposed bedbug invasion that was going on.
In mid-September, X was crawling with stories about these. Dozens, then […]

Josselin P wrote a new post, Atomkraft in Europe- From Nein danke to Ja bitte?

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 23:04:10 +0000

The atom isn’t the only thing that’s divisible; so are Europeans when it comes to nuclear power.
The 2023 shutdown of the last nuclear power plants in Germany, under Olaf Scholz’s chancellorship made a lot of […]

Tullio Pontecorvo wrote a new post, Sustainable Textiles: An Interview With Dr. Ruxandra Lupu

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:11:18 +0000

Climate change is inarguably the single largest, most existential challenge we face today – in Europe, and the wider world. It’s a civilisation-ending threat spanning over multiple generations, building up over […]

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Julia Kaiser wrote a new post, Marche: Voyage Through Italy’s Lesser-Known Region

Sat, 02 Oct 2021 11:07:38 +0000

Azure water and green hills, medieval cities and Roman buildings, motifs seldom posted on Instagram—that is roughly how we could describe Marche in a nutshell. My Country? Europe packed its bags and visited on […]

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Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:29:11 +0000

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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:28:11 +0000

Tullio Pontecorvo wrote a new post, With Belarus, the EU Has Nothing to Gain by Waiting

Fri, 28 May 2021 18:17:19 +0000

On May 23rd, Lukashenka’s regime shocked Europe by hijacking a Ryanair passenger flight on an Athens-Vilnius route. Belarus forced the plane to make an emergency landing on its soil with the flimsy pretext of a […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, Eurovision is Finally Back!

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:08:57 +0000

The month of May has arrived, and as flowers blossom around the continent, so do the Eurovision fans. For the first time since its creation in 1956, the 2020 Eurovision edition was cancelled due to COVID-19 […]

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Fri, 07 May 2021 10:14:29 +0000

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, Understanding Milan Kundera: The Bridge Between Two Europes

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:24:07 +0000

It is difficult to say if Milan Kundera will be remembered in the pantheon of great European authors. Will future Europeans see him as a second-tier important writer of his time, or perhaps as simply one of many […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, Morocco: The EU's Uncomfortable Ally

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:22:56 +0000

The Kingdom of Morocco is, to this date, an uncomfortable ally of the European Union. While the Kingdom offers many advantages, both strategic and economic to the countries of the Union, European leaders often […]

Tullio Pontecorvo wrote a new post, Stop Blaming The EU Over The Slow Vaccine Rollout

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:00:55 +0000

A narrative is emerging about vaccinations against Covid-19, which sees the European Union as a slow, slumbering giant too slow to negotiate contracts with pharmaceutical companies. This is placed in contrast with […]

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Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:33:37 +0000

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, From the Identity of Each Nation to a Union

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 11:31:05 +0000

There was a time when one’s dialect, contacts, religion, and even passport hardly ever crossed the mountain range surrounding one’s village. This has gradually changed. Going from local identities to regional, f […]

Antonio Caso wrote a new post, The EU Does a Lot for Students and Researchers - Here's How

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:33:07 +0000

The EU provides plenty of financial support to European businesses, workers, and students. This is a great undertaking with massive consequences for economic growth and quality of life, as well as overall policy […]

Guest Author wrote a new post, Von der Leyen's Vaccine Woes: Symptom of a Political Eurosclerosis

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:34:52 +0000

What was supposed to be a year of hope for the EU, of positive momentum as the end of a dreadful pandemic drew closer, has instead started off with a deflated sense of dread and embarrassment. For effective […]

Josselin P wrote a new post, [OPINION] Alexei Navalny: The Fake Champion of Russian Democracy

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:24:17 +0000

Vladimir Putin’s life-long opponent, Alexei Navalny, returned to Russia earlier this January after spending several months in Berlin, due to an assassination attempt on his life ordered by the Russian regime. For […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, George Orwell: His Story and Legacy

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 13:20:22 +0000

George Orwell has always been a hero to me. I should not be surprised then to find myself writing about him, only I am. He is English; very English. While as late as the 1960s, English letters were still […]

Tobias Lundqvist wrote a new post, Relations Between Germany and Britain Pre-WW1: From Birth to Demise

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:01:48 +0000

World War One is without a doubt one of the most important events of the 20th century. The consequences it brought onto Europe culminated in the Second World War, which devastated large parts of the continent. […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, Reunification or Two-State Solution? Future Prospects for Cyprus

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:35:47 +0000

The island of Cyprus, the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean, has been de facto split into two separate entities since 1974, when Turkey invaded Cyprus. On the south-western side, […]

Josselin P wrote a new post, The Kosovo Liberation Army: From Guerrilla to Politics

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:08:54 +0000

On the 24th of June 2020, Hashim Thaçi, President of the Kosovo Republic, was charged by Kosovo’s Specialist Chamber, one court of the Hague, for ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’ during the Kosovo War ( […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, As the Ink Dries: What's in the Brexit Agreement?

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:33:20 +0000

The EU and the United Kingdom have both received a rather unusual stocking stuffer for Christmas: a 2000-page-document agreed to on Christmas’ Eve, the long-sought Brexit deal. This document is the product of c […]

Guest Author wrote a new post, [OPINION] Want to Defeat Radical Islam? Promote Education.

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:10:00 +0000

Terrorism is not new to our continent. From political turmoil in the Russian Empire to left-wing Basque separatist organisations like the ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), to neo-fascist groups such as the Italian […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, What Happens Next in Case of a No-Deal Brexit?

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 19:19:40 +0000

The chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier had originally set Wednesday, December 9 as the deadline for completing the Brexit negotiations. That deadline has now been extended to this Sunday, December 13. Despite […]

Bruno Formicola wrote a new post, The EU Will Restrict Surveillance Tech Exports: A Win for Human Rights?

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:56:57 +0000

Just last month, German authorities searched the offices of the Munich-based software developing company FinFisher after accusations that it illegally sold spyware to Turkish authorities. This was only the lastest […]

Matteo Bonvicini wrote a new post, A Polish Must-Read: Another Day of Life, by Ryszard Kapuściński

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 08:18:58 +0000

Former Polish reporter Ryszard Kapuściński witnessed many of the most important historical events of the late 1900s. From the civil war in Angola to the Cold War and the decolonization of Africa, he always f […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, The Impossible Question of Trust Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:26:20 +0000

On the 27th of September 2020, the world powers started to show concerns about the escalation of tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. While France, the USA and Russia […]

Guest Author wrote a new post, Europe’s Long March of Indifference: The Great Sinicisation of Xinjiang

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:08:49 +0000

There is something rotten in the People’s Republic of China. Its odious and pungent smell permeates through our social media, the clothes we wear, and even the cars we drive. CCP Apparatchiks (read: ambassadors) i […]

Antonio Caso wrote a new post, The EU Does a Lot for Farmers and Rural Communities - Here's How

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:42:00 +0000

Tobias Lundqvist wrote a new post, Russia's Expansion Towards the East: From the Urals to Siberia

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:48:51 +0000

In the West, Russian history is – unsurprisingly – almost exclusively focused on Russia in the west. For countries like Poland, Sweden, and Finland, living under the shadow of Moscow is an important part of both […]

Tobias Lundqvist wrote a new post, It's Been 30 Years Since German Unification. How Did We Get Here?

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:23:42 +0000

Germany’s trajectory throughout the 20th century was one of immense upheaval. Starting out the century as the new, promising up-and-comer of international great power politics, transitioning into a pariah state […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, Making Good Europeans: Lessons From Nietzsche on European Unity

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:16:05 +0000

“When Napoleon wanted to bring Europe into an association of states they botched everything with their ‘wars of liberation’ and conjured up the misfortune of the insanity of nationalities (with the conse […]

Julia Kaiser wrote a new post, Westerwälder Kirmes – Hidden Folklore in Germany's Forests

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 07:38:40 +0000

In times of a pandemic-free world, tourists enjoyed sharing beers during the Oktoberfest of Munich or using masks only for the Carnival of Venice. As diverse and entertaining as Europe’s cultural celebrations s […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, As UAE and Bahrain Normalise Relations With Israel, Where Is the EU?

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 13:53:59 +0000

On September 15, the Prime Minister of Israel Binyamin Netanyahu travelled to Washington DC to sign a US-brokered peace agreement with the UAE and Bahrain. While the EU has praised the agreement as conducive to […]

Tullio Pontecorvo wrote a new post, Is the European Union an Empire?

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:16:40 +0000

Is the European Union an empire? On the surface, this might seem like a really weird question. “Empire” is a word with many connotations, most of them negative. Arguably, none apply to the European Union: it is […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, Transcaucasia And Its Culture: Straddling Europe And Asia

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 16:40:26 +0000

Transcaucasia, also known as the South Caucasus, is composed of three countries: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. It is part, with Ciscaucasia (Northern Caucasus), of the greater region of the Caucasus. The three […]

Guest Author wrote a new post, The Dollar Is Stronger Than Ever - But Can The Euro Challenge Its Rule?

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:39:09 +0000

The international status of the Dollar is a staple of the postwar order. As a currency of choice for most of the planet’s financial transactions, the Dollar has become a foundational piece of the architecture of […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, With the German Presidency Steering the Ship, Where Is EU Leadership Headed?

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:43:14 +0000

In times of crisis, people rally behind leaders who emerge, most often mirroring their own characteristics. Churchill channelled British steadfastness and resolve to survive the Blitz, De Gaulle French pride to […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, The Euro's Ancestor: the Latin Monetary Union

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:14:45 +0000

The Euro is the common currency of most EU Member States and a striking concept in its uniqueness. It is the common currency of 19 countries – 25 if you count non-EU microstates that have a special authorisation […]

Guest Author wrote a new post, The EU's Trade Policy Is Headed Towards a Mexican Standoff

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:52:24 +0000

China is the European Union’s second-largest trade partner, behind only the United States. At the same time, the EU is China’s largest trading partner. As of 2018, China was the USA’s largest goods trading partn […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, Who Is European? A History of Peoples and Movement

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:32:31 +0000

The MC?E definition of Europe includes all members of the Council of Europe. Some like Georgia and Azerbaijan are located in Asia but maintain culturally European populations. This would be a good place to start […]

Josselin P wrote a new post, The 2020 Legislative Election in Serbia

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:32:03 +0000

On the 21st of June, Serbian voters were called to renew their Parliament (Narodna Skupština, National Assembly). This election took place in a unique context; after more than two years of protest against the […]

Valentin Dantec wrote a new post, Beyond the Communist Appearance: Transnistria

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:28:23 +0000

To those who know Transnistria, the main image that comes to mind is the hammer and the sickle. This small break-away state within Moldova appears to be the last stronghold of communism in Europe. Their flag is […]

Stephen Sposato commented on the post, Football Is Back! Here's How It Can Help Europe Bounce Back Against Covid-19

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:11:33 +0000

Thanks Martina,

I don’t like making mistakes but when I do I really appreciate a correction! The citation on wins and losses was from Wikipedia and they did mention the West German World Cup victory in […]

Stephen Sposato wrote a new post, Football Is Back! Here's How It Can Help Europe Bounce Back Against Covid-19

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:13:15 +0000

Whether to relief or sadness, excitement or indifference, the football season has started back up. It started on May 20th in Dortmund (vs Schalke), with 300 people in a stadium which ordinarily would have seated […]